Meaning of Spencer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A short double-breasted men's overcoat worn in the 18th and 19th centuries.
   historical
2. An English surname originating as an occupation.
   countable
3. A short, close-fitting jacket primarily worn by women and children in the early 19th century.
   historical
4. A unisex given name.
   countable, uncountable
5. A male given name transferred from the surname, of general 19th century and later usage.
   countable, uncountable
6. A (usually woollen) vest worn by women and girls for extra warmth.
   historical
7. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
   countable, uncountable
8. A large loose-fitted gaffsail on a square-rigger or barque, used from the nineteenth century onwards.
9. A placename:
   countable, uncountable
10. A suburb of Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia; probably named for British politician George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer.
    countable, uncountable
11. A locality in the United States.
    countable, uncountable
12. A town in Massachusetts; named for Massachusetts governor Spencer Phips.
    countable, uncountable
13. A city, the county seat of Clay County, Iowa.
    countable, uncountable
14. A city in Oklahoma.
    countable, uncountable
15. A town in North Carolina; named for railroad executive Samuel Spencer.
    countable, uncountable
16. A town and village in New York; named for New York statesman Ambrose Spencer.
    countable, uncountable
17. A city, the county seat of Roane County, West Virginia.
    countable, uncountable
18. A town, the county seat of Owen County, Indiana; named for Indiana militia officer Spier Spencer.
    countable, uncountable
19. A town and village in Wisconsin; named for the town in Massachusetts.
    countable, uncountable
20. A town, the county seat of Van Buren County, Tennessee; named for longhunter Thomas Sharp Spencer.
    countable, uncountable
21. A village in Ohio.
    countable, uncountable
22. A village in Nebraska; perhaps named for Alabama statesman George E. Spencer.
    countable, uncountable
23. A city in South Dakota; named for railroad official H. Spencer.
    countable, uncountable
24. A hamlet in Idaho.
    countable, uncountable
25. An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for a local merchant.
    countable, uncountable
26. An unincorporated community in Virginia; named for first settler James Spencer Jr.
    countable, uncountable
27. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Spencer Township.
    countable, uncountable
28. Ellipsis of Spencer County.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
29. An English earldom.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Other groups have different messages: the National Policy Institute, fronted by Richard Spencer and designed to “elevate the consciousness of whites”; the Occidental Quarterly, run by CMS member Kevin MacDonald and presenting itself as a scholarly journal; American Third Position, later rebranded as the American Freedom Party, led by Johnson with “a platform that is predicated on the preservation of our traditional European roots.””

“Later, a 'person of interest' was said to be in custody in connection with Kirk's shooting, Utah governor Spencer Cox announced Wednesday evening.”

“In order to support and illustrate this assertion, I shall commence my remarks with the spencer, which has often been attacked by satyrical and cynical writers as an absurd and original dress.”

“To have seen Miss Squeers now, divested of the brown beaver, the green veil, and the blue curl-papers, and arrayed in all the virgin splendor of a white frock and spencer, with a white mulsin bonnet, and an imitative damask rose in full bloom on the inside thereof;”

“Some wear the tunic of lawn, and the spencer or Turkish robe of silk.”

“I am seized with an angry resentment against the conventions of twenty years ago, which wrapped up my comely adolescent body in woollen combinations, black cashmere stockings, “liberty” bodice, dark stockinette knickers, flannel petticoat and often, in addition, a long-sleeved, high-necked, knitted woollen “spencer”.”

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